Łomnica, Nowy Tomyśl County

For other places with the same name, see Łomnica.

Łomnica
Village
Łomnica
Coordinates: 52°18′25″N 15°58′23″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Nowy Tomyśl
Gmina	Zbąszyń
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PNT

Łomnica [wɔmˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zbąszyń, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Zbąszyń, 11 km (7 mi) west of Nowy Tomyśl, and 65 km (40 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań.

History

Łomnica was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.^[2]

During World War II, on 23 January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp stopped in Łomnica.^[3] The next day, the Germans committed a massacre of 17 prisoners.^[3]

Transport

The A2 motorway passes nearby, north of the village.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
3. "75. rocznica likwidacji i ewakuacji więźniów obozu karno-śledczego w Żabikowie". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2023.